tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post1807703756207303322..comments2023-12-15T21:49:46.651+01:00Comments on Pluralist Speaks: Bring Jack Straw BackPluralist (Adrian Worsfold)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-71974290295358713442010-01-27T01:50:31.298+01:002010-01-27T01:50:31.298+01:00The thought passed my mind that as many in the Bri...The thought passed my mind that as many in the British government identified with Colin Powell that he ought to come and give evidence: however, the inquiry focuses on the workings of the British government. Friday should be interesting when the star turn appears - I didn't realise that the BBC News website maintains a continuous live feed.Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-5709704754739738762010-01-26T21:02:12.058+01:002010-01-26T21:02:12.058+01:00I'd like to ask Colin Powell why he didn't...I'd like to ask Colin Powell why he didn't refuse to spew lies and deceptions in his speech at the UN and resign if his boss insisted. And he knew the information was crap. I've heard that he stayed on in the Bush administration in hopes that his would be a tempering influence. Seems his hope didn't bear fruit.<br /><br />I suppose that Bush would have gone to war without the cooperation of Blair and Co., but the whole cockamamie idea would have been a harder sell to the US Congress and people.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com